Day 218 – Jim’s Trek – 21.1 Miles – The Countdown On My Schwinn 150 Begins

Good Day,

Today my cycling on my Schwinn 150 I hit another 21.1 miles; my total to date 4,111.4.

I’m headed in a northwesterly direction on US-2/US-97. I am en route between Monitor, population 342, and the City of Cashmere, population 3,075. The upper right inserted image is of 1940s Cashmere.

I’m creating a map of my virtual trip through North America. I’m using Google Maps to include all my 24 Interlake address goals that I have reached thus far. I still have two more to go before I finish my Trek.

And then The Pack needed their afternoon walk. The five of us complete a short mile every late afternoon, rain or shine...and a number of times we've been caught in a refreshing downpour. We started this about the same time I started the Trek on my Schwinn 150. Radar on the right has caused a couple of disruptions to our routine trot, but he's always ready to tag, skip, prance, sniff, stop, and eat the blasted dried up worms along the way.

Can we add another 218 miles to the overall regime?

Supper last night - Steak on the bar-b-que, grilled corn on the cob, baked potatoes and roasted red onion...and an ice-cream sundae. Blood sugar clocked in at 101.

Interesting article this morning at The Raw Story, by Eric W. Dolan – Study: Pianists have greater desire to learn by feel less competent than guitarists. “Pianists seem to be under more pressure to learn specific musical structures in specific ways; guitarists often learn with more freedom and autonomy.” Question – What happens when one attempts to play both?

Following up on another online article that caught my eye… How I learned to Stop Worrying about Email Hacking. Well I clicked on the link to be transported to the words of wisdom, and I got the following message: “This webpage is not available”. My Internet server had crashed.

This morning I watched part two of The Laramie Project. Question – We have progressed somewhat since Matthew Shepard lost his young life, and not being defeatist, but has hatred between persons or segments of society changed much? Not sure if I’m asking the correct question and I know that the media appears to be in a fast-forward increase-the-hype mode…but I’m just wondering.

Just a point of note, I not in a down mood cause my biorhythms for today indicate that intellectually I am high, emotionally I am moving into positive territory, and physically I should be struggling.

Anyway, be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 217 – Jim’s Trek – 20.3 Miles – In Washington and Two New Projects

Good Day,

I finished 20.3 miles on my Schwinn 150 Trek this morning. To date my total miles completed equal 4,090.3. The number of miles is somewhat higher than my original goal, when I began on December 3, 2012. The 4,090.3 miles are the real miles pedaled on my Schwinn 150. My original Trek miles, per Google Maps are mapped directly from my Interlake address in Tampa, Florida to the similar address in Seattle, Washington is 3,093.

As of this 217th day of my Trek I have increased the physical number of cycled miles by 997.3. I only have 165.7 miles left to go to get to my final Interlake address goal in Seattle. This means that by adding the Interlake address goals to my overall Trek I will have added a total of 1,163 extra miles. And who said I wasn’t long long-winded, or take extra time to get to the point?

Today on my virtual Trek, after my additional 20.3 miles, I am located on US-2 W just east of the unincorporated community of Orondo, Washington. Accordingly, Orondo, on the shores of the Columbia River, has one gas station/store, a Subway restaurant, a Post Office, and a number of latte and fruit stands. But it does have a golf course.  Sorry, I do not play golf.

Last night’s supper – Smoked salmon, onion, Thai pickles, onion, tomatoes, and sour cream, and a Chocolate Sundae. No wonder my blood sugar count registered in this morning at a great 90 mg/dL or 5.0 mmol/L. My average since I stopped taking my diabetes medication 21 days ago - 103.1. Is there such a term as "un-diabetic"?

It is funny how the discussion of Google Glass is progressing. Not funny ha, ha, but funny intriguing especially in light of the physically embedded similarities existing in some of the actors from the future in the Syfy series Continuum.

The Laramie Project, part one is the documentary movie this morning on my Trek. I may be naïve, but I have never understood hating someone else...no matter what. And then there is Indiana. From CBN News US “Some attorneys predict that same-sex divorce may become legal in states like Indiana even if same sex marriage remains illegal.” Okay, is this lawyers’ and politicians’ double-speak? How can one undo something when that same thing was never acknowledged in the first place?

Began two projects today, sort of self-organization and development type projects. 750 Words and Chains.cc. I’m into Day 2 on both.


Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim